Blindsided by a Diaper
Over 30 Men and Women Reveal How Parenthood Changes a Relationship
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Publisher Description
It used to be just the two of you. Now you have a baby, or maybe even a few kids, and the luxury of time—to frolic, talk, romance, and simply hang out—is gone, replaced by a big dose of chaos and the demands of little people who rule your home with small, adorable iron fists. Parenthood brings changes to your relationship, changes that are at once profound, beautiful, irrevocable, and scary. These changes knock you off balance, forcing even the most secure couples to go back to the basics in figuring out how to define a new version of “we.” In Blindsided by a Diaper, some of today’s most popular writers dare to tell what it’s really like for couples in the trenches of the parenting experience. They boldly reveal intimate aspects of their relationships, sharing the choices they’ve made, the joy and frustrations they’ve experienced, the trials and tribulations of their sex lives, the lessons they have learned, and how their lives together as parents may or may not be what they were expecting. The writers have quite literally invited you inside their bedrooms, their minds, and their lives as parents.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Packed with essays by some of the best-known names in self-help "including Hope Edelman, Dr. Susan Maushart, Beth Levine and Adam Wasson "as well as a few child-besotted writers from other disciplines (like literary prankster Neal Pollack), Bedford's anthology of newborn baby angst is by turns heartwarming and hilarious, and perfect for freshly minted parents. A wide range of tones and topics map the contemporary child-rearing landscape nicely: Nicholas Weinstock takes the baby's POV in Being a Baby, Moon Unit Zappa is predictably in-your-face with Having a Baby Can Waylay Getting You Way Laid, Molly Jong-Fast waxes scholarly in Why My Husband and I Love Our Son More than We Love Each Other, and Adam Wasson strikes a fine balance between tittering and touching in To Sleep, Perchance to Scheme. Among them, they provide much more engaging reading than the typical parenting book, and, arguably, more honesty as well (novelist Leah Stewart on the moments after giving birth: I was waiting for the rush of profound, intense love... I felt something more along the lines of, 'Well, look at this. Where did this baby come from?' ). Readers will be happy to join Hilmer's community of new parents, and will love sharing favorite essays with their own crowd of postnatal newbies.
